Publications

The Silk Roads online platform presents a range of publications relating to various aspects of the Silk Roads, including volumes published by UNESCO and a number of other institutions. A short summary has been provided for each publication, highlighting the subject(s) it deals with and its contribution to the wider understanding of these routes and their historical context. By presenting and promoting these works, written by academics from across the world, this platform hopes to promote the diverse and fascinating historical, cultural, religious and scientific legacy of the Silk Roads. Some of these publications can be purchased online from their respective institutions.

While all efforts have been made to present an overview of publications relevant to the Silk Roads, the content and information provided by the works presented here are in no way exhaustive and do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of UNESCO, nor the endorsement of any of them. UNESCO is not responsible for the contents or opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization.

Publications

Title	Authors	ISBN number
Chinese Silks	Dieter Kuhn, Zhao Feng	978-0-300-11103-3
Silks from the Silk Road: Origin, Transmission and Exchange	Zhao Feng	978-7-308-15089-7
Silk Road Encyclopedia	Ashraf Abu al-Yazid	978-977-452-228-2
Diwan of Arabic calligraphy in Samarkand	Dr. Shebl Obaid	978-977-452-205-5
The Silk Road: A New History	Valery Hansen	9780195159318
Mostly Miniatures: An Introduction to Persian Painting	Oleg Grabar	978-0691049410
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century	Ross E. Dunn	978-0520272927
Islamic Central Asia: An Anthology of Historical Sources	Scott C. Levi and Ron Sela	978-0253221407
The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, 1600-1730	Rudolph P. Matthee	978-0521028448
The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and its Trade, 1550-1900	Scott C. Levi	978-9004123205
Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750	Stephen Frederic Dale	978-0521525978
Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia	Thomas T. Allsen	978-0521602709
Commodity and exchange in the Mongol empire: A cultural history of Islamic textiles	Thomas T. Allsen	978-0521893145
The Mongols (second edition)	David Morgan	978-1405135399
Sogdian Traders: A History	Etienne de la Vaissière, translated by James Ward, Tr.: James Ward	978-9004142527
The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Chinggisid Age	Nicola di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank and Peter B. Golden	978-0521849265
The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia	Denis Sinor	978-0521243049
The Silk Road in World History	Xinru Liu	978-0195338102
Central Asia in World History	Peter B. Golden	978-0195338195
Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times	Jerry H. Bentley	978-0195076400

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